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[gwyn]

A holiday weekend probably isn't the best time to post a story (at least, it's a holiday weekend for us Yanks), but I was kind of bored and restless, and didn't want to break my back in the garden when it got sunny after all. I'd planned for rain, dammit! Seattle never, ever delivers on the kind of weather you want, when you want it.

This story, The Perfume of Kismet is a slightly different take on Spike and Buffy together, including Angel's effect on both their lives after Becoming. I think it's kinda dark and smutty again, but I honestly don't know -- I'm a terrible judge of what people in this fandom consider dark or smut-filled. I personally wouldn't call it that, but I realize I'm a bit out of step in general.

(And for those of you who gave me the thumbs up about the title, the scoop is that I did use a line from a previous story. I'd originally called this Enemy of My Enemy, and titles play a huge role in how I write -- I can't actually write unless I have a title. But then when I started plotting it out, a very good story came out with that title, and so I had to find something else. I used the title I was currently attaching to chapter 3 of the WIP, but it wasn't right, and Spike talks a lot about fate in this story, which reminded me of this line from The Living. Maybe the whole thing is pretentious crap after all, but hey, I probably appear that way already, so why worry?) A gajillion thanks to sweet_ali for the comments and edits, and for helping me even in the midst of all kinds of big life changes. I wish I could find a way to repay you.

Grumble, grumble... it's still sunny out. Must go toil and sweat.

Comments

[paratti.livejournal.com]

That was perfect. And the ending just smacked with a two by four so very well. I loved it.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Heeee! I love that - smacked with a two by four! I kind of feel like, hey, my work here is done. ;-)